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Herbert Bayer: Berlin Graphics 1928–1938

November 10, 2013 – October 19, 2014

Hamilton Building - Lower Level —
Included in general admission.

Herbert Bayer spent an artistically fruitful decade in Berlin following his tenure at the Bauhaus. His graphic designs of the time are characterized by inventive integration of typography, photomontage, and graphics. Born of Bayer’s multidisciplinary method, these designs appear fresh, even today.

You may be surprised to see 75-year-old graphics using only lowercase type, like e-mail and text messages do today, and photographically combined images from a variety of sources—much like today’s digital images “cut and pasted” from the web.